{"id":3207,"date":"2021-06-22T07:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/food-faith\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2021-06-22T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:01:13","slug":"the-faithlands-toolkit-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/faithlands-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"The FaithLands Toolkit is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3214\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3214\" class=\"wp-image-3214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faith-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"men with mustard in field\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faith-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faith-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faith.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humans with mustard plants in Baltimore. The Strength to Love 2 Farm began as an initiative of Newborn Community of Faith Church<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><em> Land is the source of life<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Anyone who eats, anyone who prays, anyone who lives from the earth should be thinking about land.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>Land has a history<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For every tale of settlement, there is a tale of dispossession; for every tale of wealth, there is a tale of labor. The land carries these stories.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>Land has a future <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reconnecting with land and agriculture, and enabling others to reconnect with and access land for farming and ceremony, is crucial to protecting the future of the land and all who live from it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">God has entrusted to us sacred land to tend and cultivate. We are of the land and it is the foundation of our lives. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagrariantrust.us17.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D283335f461568b44f94984dc1%26id%3De7f6d633ae%26e%3D2266492fce&amp;data=04%7C01%7Candrew.kangbartlett%40pcusa.org%7C9cf16ad7dfea4eae252708d90b1aa4d0%7C99082a1a70af459fa6ac8ad01476a157%7C0%7C0%7C637553031329958654%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=PhWq6YRv%2BaPWemCfnSZevYLAaa8z3bgG1%2BDC8GMPXY0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FaithLands Toolkit<\/a> helps us connect our core values and beliefs about land to how we faithfully use it. This toolkit provides strategies, best practices, case studies, and spiritual teachings that support partnerships between farmers, congregations, and the food that sustains us.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3219 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/FL-Toolkit-435x500.png\" alt=\"numbered ways to use toolkit\" width=\"600\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/FL-Toolkit-435x500.png 435w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/FL-Toolkit-892x1024.png 892w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/FL-Toolkit-871x1000.png 871w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/FL-Toolkit.png 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>PHP helped initiate <a href=\"https:\/\/agrariantrust.org\/faithlands\/\">FaithLands<\/a> three years ago and contributed to the writing of this toolkit. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagrariantrust.us17.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D283335f461568b44f94984dc1%26id%3D4137b79954%26e%3D2266492fce&amp;data=04%7C01%7Candrew.kangbartlett%40pcusa.org%7C9cf16ad7dfea4eae252708d90b1aa4d0%7C99082a1a70af459fa6ac8ad01476a157%7C0%7C0%7C637553031329968623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=nhXp8Em6ouMpQ0J9TOyyPa7RZf%2BH0uzcxv7NVHOV%2FuU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Download the toolkit<\/a> to learn more about the transformative potential of land.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3215 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-1024x411.png\" alt=\"faithlands farm scene\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-1024x411.png 1024w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-500x201.png 500w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-1536x616.png 1536w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-2048x822.png 2048w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-1000x401.png 1000w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-2000x803.png 2000w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/faithlands-1500x602.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<h3>Inspiring Case Studies<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrariantrust.org\/faithlands\/case-studies\/\">Case studies<\/a> are featured throughout the FaithLands Toolkit and these are two from the FaithLands website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrariantrust.org\/faithlands\/case-study-strength-to-love-2\/\"><strong>Strength to Love II<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our neighborhood has many assets: impassioned people, historical legacies, and a number of caring churches. However, we are a historically redlined community that still suffers from neglect, which has contributed to our having some of the largest arrest and recidivism rates in the state of Maryland,&#8221; said Darriel Harris, senior pastor of Newborn Community of Faith Church in Baltimore<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our faith says that we have to meet the needs of the least of these, meet the needs of the marginalized, and our neighbors needed employment,&#8221; Harris asserted. &#8220;So we created a farm to give employment to people returning from incarceration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrariantrust.org\/faithlands\/case-study-sisters-of-st-joseph\/\"><strong>Sisters of St. Joseph and Brentwood Farms<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew we didn\u2019t want to be the farmers, but we knew we wanted farming on the land.&#8221;\u00a0 \u2014Sister Karen Burke<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the Sisters affirmed a land ethic statement laying out the principles that would guide all future decisions regarding the land they hold in sacred trust for the next generation. Now they are leasing to seven farmers who are growing food organically on the land.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Gifts to <\/strong><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/donate\/og300000\/\"><em>One Great Hour of Sharing<\/em><\/a> <em>make possible the work of PHP in the world!<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Land is the source of life Anyone who eats, anyone who prays, anyone who lives from the earth should be thinking about land. Land has a history For every tale of settlement, there is a tale of dispossession; for every tale of wealth, there is a tale of labor. The land carries these stories. 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